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/techknow. >> i'm phil torres, coming up this week on techknow... >> a mystery, deep in the heart of the rain forrest >> we haven't seen something actually build them... >> it's been really frustrating >> it's a spidery clue that has our team of scientests stumped... join our journey to peru... then, it looks like chicken, tastes like chicken, >> that's good.... >> but it's not... the foamy inovation that's making hardcore meat eaters happy. >> techknow on al jazeera america >> good afternoon, and welcome to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford live from new york city. here are the stories we're following for you at this hour. a state of emergency in california where the water is getting dangerously low and wildfires continue to rage out of control. >> two were shooting at people inside the restaurant. >> and the very latest on a suicide-bombing by the taliban that killed 21 people including two americans. >>> plus safety concerns over the shipment of syria's chemical weapons create violent protests at a fishing port. >>> and why
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techknow - ideas, invention, life. on al jazeera america al jazeera america gives you the total news experience anytime, anywhere. more on every screen. digital, mobile, social. visit aljazeera.com. follow @ajam on twitter. and like aljazeera america on facebook for more stories, more access, more conversations. so you don't just stay on top of the news, go deeper and get more perspectives on every issue. al jazeera america. >> no doubt about it, innovation changes our lives. opening doors ... opening possibilities. taking the impossible from lab ... to life. on techknow, our scientists bring you a sneak-peak of the future, and take you behind the scenes at our evolving world. techknow - ideas, invention, life. on al jazeera america al jazeera america gives you the total news experience anytime, anywhere. more on every screen. digital, mobile, social. visit aljazeera.com. follow @ajam on twitter. and like aljazeera america on facebook for more stories, more access, more conversations. so you don't just stay on top of the news, go deeper and get more perspectives on every issue. al ja
techknow - ideas, invention, life. on al jazeera america al jazeera america gives you the total news experience anytime, anywhere. more on every screen. digital, mobile, social. visit aljazeera.com. follow @ajam on twitter. and like aljazeera america on facebook for more stories, more access, more conversations. so you don't just stay on top of the news, go deeper and get more perspectives on every issue. al jazeera america. >> no doubt about it, innovation changes our lives. opening...
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techknow is up next. for more, head on over to aljazeera.com. >> hello and welcome, i'm phil torres, talking about innovations that can save live. we'll do it in a unique way. this is a show about scientists. let's check out the team. kyle hill is an engineer. he's on the trail of something decimating bee population. >> crystal dilworth is a molecular neuroscientist. she shows us california's hi tech grapes - how science can achieve perfection in a glass. i'm phil torres. i'm an entermologist and i'll show you the spiders i found in peru. and how scent affects jaguars. that's the team, let's do some science. hey, guys, welcome to a fun week of science in the field. kyle, what is happening to the bee, how can we save them? >> bee populations are diminishing around the country. i wanted to find out why. i travelled to the heartland of america to find innovative ways to find technology to save the bees. late summer in barrett minnesota it is usually buzzing with activity. i think we are ready to walk down to
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stories. visit our website at aljazeera.com/techknow don't miss techknow, sundays 7:30et / 4:30pt on al jazeera america >> good afternoon and welcome to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford. here are the stories we're following for you right now. toxic mess, residents in west virginia say the water is safe but it still smells. >>> chris christie, another mayor accuses him of political pay back. >>> protestors defy a ban. >> i'm rory challenge in london, this one, the lord isn't invited.
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." >> "techknow" never stops, go behind the scenes. follow our contributors on twitter, facebook, google+ and more. >> this is al jazeera america. live from new york city, i'm tony harris. the u.s. supreme court has put a temporary stop to same sex marriages in utah. the nation's highest court says the marriages will come to a halt to give the state time to appeal a ruling that allows the unions. the senate is back to work today, priorities include a bill to raise the federal minimum wage a possible extension of jobless benefits and the confirmation of jahnette yellen as head of the federal reserve. liz cheney is calling it quits because of serious healthy issues in her family. iraqi securityce
." >> "techknow" never stops, go behind the scenes. follow our contributors on twitter, facebook, google+ and more. >> this is al jazeera america. live from new york city, i'm tony harris. the u.s. supreme court has put a temporary stop to same sex marriages in utah. the nation's highest court says the marriages will come to a halt to give the state time to appeal a ruling that allows the unions. the senate is back to work today, priorities include a bill to raise the...
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coming up this week on techknow. techknow's shini somara goes straight into the storm. winds of 150 miles per hour. but this twister is created in the lab. >> i'm at the national wind institute where they can actually recreate a tornado. >> now science and technology take on mother nature. >> who wins? >> it's completely fine. >> techknow. sunday 7:30 eastern on al jazeera america. the inquiry had recommended better rail maintenance and >> gardens winter and chicago's o'hare airport, you don't often hear those terms put together, especially in the dead of winter, especially this winter. but an innovative gardening technique is making it possible. "techknow" gives us the scoop on vertical farming and what it may mean for america's urban centers. >> reporter: for over 8,000 years we've been plowing dirt to grow our food. we got so good at it that 80% of the farming land is in use. we can expect another 3 billion people on earth to join us for dinner. on average, the united states produce travels 1500 miles losing valuable nutrients and taste along the way. how can we impr
coming up this week on techknow. techknow's shini somara goes straight into the storm. winds of 150 miles per hour. but this twister is created in the lab. >> i'm at the national wind institute where they can actually recreate a tornado. >> now science and technology take on mother nature. >> who wins? >> it's completely fine. >> techknow. sunday 7:30 eastern on al jazeera america. the inquiry had recommended better rail maintenance and >> gardens winter and...
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/techknow. and google plus and twitter, and more. >> hello, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm jonathan betz live in new york. >> gunphytes in fallujah -- gunfights in fallujah, car bombs in baghdad. >> a deep freeze in the midwest and north-east bracing for dangerously cold temperatures. safety rules mean pilots have to get more rest between flights. it's 50 years since president lyndon johnson called for a war on poverty. we look at the successes and failures of that fight.
/techknow. and google plus and twitter, and more. >> hello, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm jonathan betz live in new york. >> gunphytes in fallujah -- gunfights in fallujah, car bombs in baghdad. >> a deep freeze in the midwest and north-east bracing for dangerously cold temperatures. safety rules mean pilots have to get more rest between flights. it's 50 years since president lyndon johnson called for a war on poverty. we look at the successes and failures of that fight.
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/techknow. >> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. here a look at today's top stories. the vatican is forced to deal with child sex abuse in the catholic church. a report out today shows how widespread the problem is, and the vatican sits down with with the united nations to discuss the situation. >>> today congress will be voting on the budget deal announced last month. the spending measure is expected to pass the house later this afternoon. the senate is due to vote on the bill later on this week. president obama is in raleigh, north carolina, where he unveiled his plan to boost the economy. the president named raleigh one of the newest high tech manufacturing hubs in the country. the attack on
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/techknow. o. >> this is joorms. live from new york city, i'm tony harris, with a look at today's top stories. police have arrested the suspected gunman, the wounded have been taken to a local hospital. we will bring you more on the story as more information becomes available. west virginia is lifting water restrictions for some residents the victims of last week's chemical spill. potential lodge long term impacts resulting from this spill. foreign dignitaries, including vice president joe biden paid
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stories, visit our website at aljazeera.com/techknow don't miss techknow sundays 7:30et / 4:30pt on al jazeera america new lights use low wattage led rights, neither harmful for the trees nor dangerous for the kids that may touch them. >> many play-off spots in the n.f.l. are still to be decided. mark morgan is here to explain it all. >> hey, a lot of anxiety in dallas, wondering what the dallas cowboys would do. tony romeo underwent back surgery. kyle ortman will start quarterback in the eagles game. sher een williams of the fort worth star telegram weighs in. >> that lees this game in the hands of kyle orten, he made 69 starts. he's 35 and 34. but has not thrown a pass as a starter and only thrown 15 passes over the last two years. it takes the pressure off the cowboys. no doubt about that. they can go in, play loose and >> an exclusive "america tonight" investigative series >> we traveled here to japan to find out what's really happening at fukushima daiich >> three years after the nucular disaster, the hidden truth about the ongoing cleanup efforts and how the fallout could effe
stories, visit our website at aljazeera.com/techknow don't miss techknow sundays 7:30et / 4:30pt on al jazeera america new lights use low wattage led rights, neither harmful for the trees nor dangerous for the kids that may touch them. >> many play-off spots in the n.f.l. are still to be decided. mark morgan is here to explain it all. >> hey, a lot of anxiety in dallas, wondering what the dallas cowboys would do. tony romeo underwent back surgery. kyle ortman will start quarterback...
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are ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome to "techknow". i'm phil torres and today i'm here with kyle, lindsay and rachelle. we're going to start with a story of how we can use our dna in medicine. rachelle, what do you have? >> i submitted my dna for a company called 23andme. let's find out. >> simple test, nothing complicated. the first thing i have to do is take the tune and i get to fill it with slief hav splief saliva. you can watch me spit. that's done. i joined 23 million people who sent their saliva to 23andme. to conduct a personal dna test. they begin with our 46 chromosomes, 23 from each parent, filled with you're dna. dna is a double helix with base pairs of nucleotides. as paired with cs. >> katy: , gss.over and over. so that a sequencing machine has enough material to determine the exact order of those as ts gs and cs. >> that's the instruction manual for what makes you you, and me me, and other people themselves. when we sequence dna, we are determining the order of those bases then you match them up to a reference. you match
are ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome to "techknow". i'm phil torres and today i'm here with kyle, lindsay and rachelle. we're going to start with a story of how we can use our dna in medicine. rachelle, what do you have? >> i submitted my dna for a company called 23andme. let's find out. >> simple test, nothing complicated. the first thing i have to do is take the tune and i get to fill it with slief hav splief saliva. you can watch me spit. that's done. i joined 23 million...
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"techknow" is next. about innovations that are going to change lives. we're testing the intersection of hardware and humanity. rax is a neuroscientist. she has the invocation of bamboo and carbon. mar inkta davidson is a biologist specializing in ecologist and evolution. and i'm phil torrez. i'm an entomologist. but i'm over america for a very bad ride. how bad is our air? that's our team. now let's do some science. >> hi guys welcome back to another week of techknow where we're going to show you some pretty fun innovations in science. i'm here with marita and rachelle. hi, nasa seekers mission, this is a gc-8, loaded with millions of dollars of equipment measuring the air as we're flying through the gulf. it was a pretty incredible experience. let's take a look. ists 7:30 in the morning and -- it's 7:30 in the morning. and hangar 9 is buzzing with excitement. >> any last questions about what we're going to be doing today? save jet. >> from a distance our plane looks like any other. but close up you can see it's anything but. i'm minutes away from board
"techknow" is next. about innovations that are going to change lives. we're testing the intersection of hardware and humanity. rax is a neuroscientist. she has the invocation of bamboo and carbon. mar inkta davidson is a biologist specializing in ecologist and evolution. and i'm phil torrez. i'm an entomologist. but i'm over america for a very bad ride. how bad is our air? that's our team. now let's do some science. >> hi guys welcome back to another week of techknow where we're...
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"techknow" is next. . >>> hello and welcome. i'm phil torres, we'll talk about innovations that will change laughs. we'll look at hardware. this is a show about science by scin histories. kyle hill is an engineer, and he's investigating head-to-head combat and cutting edge technology that can help to detect a concussion before it's too late. >> lindsay moran is an ex-c.i.a. operative. she was packaging that can one day replace polysterene. rachelle oldmixon specialises in behaviours. i'm phil torres, i study insects in peru. that's our team. let's do some science. ♪ music ] >> hi, guy, welcome back to "techknow." i'm phil torres, with rochelle, kyle and lindsay. kyle, the nfl paid over three-quarters of a million to settle a lawsuit. what was it about. >> there's a focus on the concussion problem. the nfl has thousands of place, and millions of players in youth and challenge football. i went to virginia tech to look at technology to test helmets and track hits on college and youth players. let's take a look. . >>> homecoming i
"techknow" is next. . >>> hello and welcome. i'm phil torres, we'll talk about innovations that will change laughs. we'll look at hardware. this is a show about science by scin histories. kyle hill is an engineer, and he's investigating head-to-head combat and cutting edge technology that can help to detect a concussion before it's too late. >> lindsay moran is an ex-c.i.a. operative. she was packaging that can one day replace polysterene. rachelle oldmixon specialises...
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." >> "techknow" never stops, go behind the scenes. follow our contributors on twitter, facebook, google+ and more. >> every sunday night al jazeera america brings you conversations you won't find anywhere else. >> you're listening because you want to see what's going to happen. >> get your damn education. >> talk to al jazeera. >> only on al jazeera america. >> oh my! this is al jazeera america. i'm tony harris. >> former defense secretary robert gates writing a new book. white house jay carney addressed the issue in the briefing and was quick to defend biden and the president. >>> the military investigating two helicopter crashes. in norfolk, virginia, five people were on board and one died and one is still missing. and another happened in norfolk,
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. ♪ ♪ >> hi and welcome to "techknow". i'm phil torres, i'm here with kosta, rachelle and lindsay. you looked at 3d printing. >> 3d printing is an industry that's blowing up right now. we explored and visited all these different groups and laboratories, that are doing 3d printing. let's take a deep dive. from trinkets and 96 inaction, 3d fashion and -- and from auto makers prototyping new parts to nasa lamping a 3d printer to replace parts. >> space exploration, this is absolutely a critical technology. >> from diy medical solutions. >> we've seen the people who made the robo hand project. >> to life altering research. >> i'm dr. ben asser. our lab makes ears. it's alive whit goes into the printer and comes out of the printer. >> each is prototighting 3d printers aren't anything like your home printer. >> 3 printing is a process that makes physical objects. a 3d print er gradually layer by layer. not a picture of a cup of coffee but the coffee itself. >> he is a printing pioneer. >> every design file tells what the printer, where to put the material. what you see here is the printe
. ♪ ♪ >> hi and welcome to "techknow". i'm phil torres, i'm here with kosta, rachelle and lindsay. you looked at 3d printing. >> 3d printing is an industry that's blowing up right now. we explored and visited all these different groups and laboratories, that are doing 3d printing. let's take a deep dive. from trinkets and 96 inaction, 3d fashion and -- and from auto makers prototyping new parts to nasa lamping a 3d printer to replace parts. >> space exploration,...
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. ♪ sneets ♪ >> hi guys, welcome to "techknow". i'm phil torres and i'm here with kyle, marita and crystal. i love a big challenge in the field. there is a mystery that i went to the per yo youuvian amazon. one of the best thing about working in the amazon rain forest is the road along the way. join me on the expedition that's about to get wet, wild and a little bit muddy. the peruvian amazon, a huge population of endemic plant and animal species, meaning they are found nowhere else on the earth. this makes it one of the most beautiful and pristine places around. about six months ago the researcher here at the tamba pata research center took a picture and posted it on the internet. little did he know the huge amount of attention it would get as a group of amateurs and experts tried to figure out what it was. we're trying to figure out what's making it. all right, we are reaching the island where this thing was just found a few months ago and we just found 20 of it. what is the action? >> catching a human in the action of making it.
. ♪ sneets ♪ >> hi guys, welcome to "techknow". i'm phil torres and i'm here with kyle, marita and crystal. i love a big challenge in the field. there is a mystery that i went to the per yo youuvian amazon. one of the best thing about working in the amazon rain forest is the road along the way. join me on the expedition that's about to get wet, wild and a little bit muddy. the peruvian amazon, a huge population of endemic plant and animal species, meaning they are found...
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let's do some science. ♪ music ] >> hi, guy, welcome back to "techknow." i'm phil torres, with rochelle, kyle and lindsay. kyle, the nfl paid over three-quarters of a million to settle a lawsuit. what was it about. >> there's a focus on the concussion problem. the nfl has thousands of place, and millions of players in youth and challenge football. i went to virginia tech to look at technology to test helmets and track hits on college and youth players. let's take a look. . >>> homecoming in the heartland. this is cornhusker county. nebraska university, the epicentre of college football. >> first big win. >> along with the tradition of football - come the hits. cheer cheer >> big hits like this one in front of our cameras. no one knows how hard the hits can be better than blake lawrence. former lion backer for nebraska korn huhs kerrs. >> if -- korn huhs kerrs. if you had to bang your head into somebody and that was your job, that's your best weapon. if they said, "go and run and smash into the wall", i would do it for the sport. >> blake did it all his lif
let's do some science. ♪ music ] >> hi, guy, welcome back to "techknow." i'm phil torres, with rochelle, kyle and lindsay. kyle, the nfl paid over three-quarters of a million to settle a lawsuit. what was it about. >> there's a focus on the concussion problem. the nfl has thousands of place, and millions of players in youth and challenge football. i went to virginia tech to look at technology to test helmets and track hits on college and youth players. let's take a look....
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coming up this week on techknow. techknow's shini somara goes straight into the storm. winds of 150 miles per hour. but this twister is created in the lab. >> i'm at the national wind institute where they can actually recreate a tornado. >> now science and technology take on mother nature. >> who wins? >> it's completely fine. >> techknow. sunday 7:30 eastern on al jazeera america. >> john henry smith has more. >> the ruling by arbitrator frederick harrow wits is in a fight that rodriguez began waging when his 211-game suspension began. a-rod showed up at the park any way. >> i'm going to respect the process. apparently rodriguez met the appeals process. he quickly challenged the ruling, taking aim at major league baseball and commissioner bud selig in the process. all this in the wake of rod guesrodriguez's name being linko performance-enhancing drugs and bio genesis. after an investigation major league baseball suspended rodriguez, and hi said it was de to, quote: >> selig went on to say: >> reporter: nevertheless the yankee slugger continued playing throughout the se
coming up this week on techknow. techknow's shini somara goes straight into the storm. winds of 150 miles per hour. but this twister is created in the lab. >> i'm at the national wind institute where they can actually recreate a tornado. >> now science and technology take on mother nature. >> who wins? >> it's completely fine. >> techknow. sunday 7:30 eastern on al jazeera america. >> john henry smith has more. >> the ruling by arbitrator frederick...
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coming up this week on techknow. techknow's shini somara goes straight into the storm. winds of 150 miles per hour. but this twister is created in the lab. >> i'm at the national wind institute where they can actually recreate a tornado. >> now science and technology take on mother nature. >> who wins? >> it's completely fine. >> techknow. sunday 7:30 eastern on al jazeera america. >> that is a harsh reality that's hard to watch. welcome back. we're talking about haiti. how far it's come four years after its devastating quake. ben, is there any way to know how much the money donated actually got in the hands of the haitian people or programs that directly benefit them? >> overall not really. the organizations that are raising these dollars are not subject to information laws. you can look in their tax returns to see how much they spent in the caribbean each year in the last three years. but in their tax returns, they say operations in the caribbean, that's it. unless they tell you specifically what they've done, that's the problem. the partnerships and relationships may
coming up this week on techknow. techknow's shini somara goes straight into the storm. winds of 150 miles per hour. but this twister is created in the lab. >> i'm at the national wind institute where they can actually recreate a tornado. >> now science and technology take on mother nature. >> who wins? >> it's completely fine. >> techknow. sunday 7:30 eastern on al jazeera america. >> that is a harsh reality that's hard to watch. welcome back. we're talking...
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there's more to it. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hey guys welcome back to "techknow". i'm phil torres and i'm here with kosta and shini. now kosta, you recently went to a very interesting farm in the middle of an airport. >> yes, something called tower garden. check it out. this is going to allow a lot of people a different life, to grow produce anywhere. let's take a deeper look. ♪ ♪ >> for over 8,000 years, we've been plowing dirt to grow our food. in fact, we've go gotten so goot it that over 80% of the world's farmable land is already in use. by 2050 we can expect another 3 billion people on planet earth to join us for dinner. another china and india. on average, food travels 1500 miles from farm to table. how can we continue to grow food to feed the hungry masses? one answer is strert cal farming farming. smerl, california known for its eclectic shops and restaurants has another new feature, a vertical farm. >> i'm alex thomson , montecito farms. >> seedlings to harvested vegetables. his farm produces are fresh vegetables to seven restaurants every day. >> thi
there's more to it. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hey guys welcome back to "techknow". i'm phil torres and i'm here with kosta and shini. now kosta, you recently went to a very interesting farm in the middle of an airport. >> yes, something called tower garden. check it out. this is going to allow a lot of people a different life, to grow produce anywhere. let's take a deeper look. ♪ ♪ >> for over 8,000 years, we've been plowing dirt to grow our food. in fact, we've go gotten...
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. ♪ ♪ ♪ are hey guys welcome to "techknow". i'm phil torres and here with kosta and shini. here in the u.s. when you think about tornado alley you think of oklahoma. you recently went there. >> very high frequency of tornadoes, 50 on average. we went to moore oklahoma, it was devastated by tornadoes on may 20th. we went to university technologists, let's take a look. >> west side of burton we have a major tornado coming down. >> may 20th, 2013, one of the worst tornadoes on record is captured on a time lapse video that went viral. >> people in west moore must be underground for this tornado. we have large large chunks of debris. >> the entire nation watched as the tornado took a direct hit on the high elementary. in moore. >> from the looks of the school i knew it wasn't looking good. >> winged recorded at over -- winds recorded at over 210 miles per hour. turning the ground into a pile of rubble. >> it needs to be a priority. you need to have a shelter. >> 300 miles from moore in texas tech university lab they work to make it a reality. >> what we have here is an air canno
. ♪ ♪ ♪ are hey guys welcome to "techknow". i'm phil torres and here with kosta and shini. here in the u.s. when you think about tornado alley you think of oklahoma. you recently went there. >> very high frequency of tornadoes, 50 on average. we went to moore oklahoma, it was devastated by tornadoes on may 20th. we went to university technologists, let's take a look. >> west side of burton we have a major tornado coming down. >> may 20th, 2013, one of the worst...
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techknow - ideas, invention, life. on al jazeera america assault. afghan president karzai is long accused the united states of >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. here are today's head lines. >> and we're timely at a point where the do not use order has been lifted in certain areas. and these specific areas flushing can begin. we've made a lot of progress but i ask all west virginians to continue to be patient as we work to safely restore service to the affected areas. >> west virginia has begun lifting distributions affected by last week's chemical spill. 300,000 people have not been able to use their tap water for cooking bathing or watering. >>> diplomats discuss goodwill gestures ahead of are syria's peace talks. >>> foreign dignitaries including vice president joe biden paid their final respects to ariel sharon. the controversial leader passed away at age 85. he was honored in jerusalem during a state symphony. >>> allowing you to buy twitter followers or facebook friends, for a few dollars. it sounds odd but according to s
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that is the case for "techknow" contributor rachelle oldmixon. >> that's done. and with that i joined half a million people who have sent their saliva to 23 and me. the first direct-to-consumer personal genome test. the samples go to a dna sequencing lab where they begin with our 46 chromosomes, 23 from each parent filled with our dna. dna is a double helix with based paired with double nucleotides. inserted into a chemical soup, precisely defined sequences. those sequences undergo another process that splits the double helix into a single strand. those strands are duplicated over and over and over. so the sequencer has nuft materiaenoughmaterial to determs gs cs and es. >> makes you you and me me. >> a professor at stanford university. >> we are determining the orders of those bases. we look at how you differ from the referenced consensuses. what might go wrong with you. >> how many the $99 human genome kit is going to change medicine. over a decade ago, the human genome project estimated they could sequence a human genome for $16,000. but today, you could have
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. >> for mor imformation on this and other techknow stories, visit our website at aljazeera.com/techknow don't miss techknow sundays 7:30et / 4:30pt on al jazeera america >> u.s. government departments regularly leak for reasons that are strategic and political, you know this, you live in washington, d.c. that city leaks like a sieve. >> yes. >> so here's the thing. oftentimes what is leaked by the administration is often classified at a much higher level of secrecy, at a much higher level than bradley manning or edward snowden are being prosecuted for. how do you classify those leaks, leaks for political expediency around, leaks for americans to better understand what they think americans should in fact know? >> this is not a drip of leaks. this is a hemorrhage of practically every classified program that the national security agency has operated. there is a problem and there should be prosecution of people who leak for political reasons. this administration that is been remarkably aggressive in pursuing leaks that were put forward for political reasons. but i don't think that there's a
. >> for mor imformation on this and other techknow stories, visit our website at aljazeera.com/techknow don't miss techknow sundays 7:30et / 4:30pt on al jazeera america >> u.s. government departments regularly leak for reasons that are strategic and political, you know this, you live in washington, d.c. that city leaks like a sieve. >> yes. >> so here's the thing. oftentimes what is leaked by the administration is often classified at a much higher level of secrecy, at...
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coming up this week on techknow. techknow's shini somara goes straight into the storm. winds of 150 miles per hour. but this twister is created in ... institute where they can actually recreate a tornado. >> now science and technology take on mother nature. >> who wins? >> it's completely fine. >> techknow. sunday 7:30 eastern on al jazeera america. >>> welcome back it to "north dakota story." i am ray sworees. the baseball hall of fame will induct players this summer. baseball writers floated greg maddox, many big stars from the steroid era will have to wait. jonah kerry, has baseball finally, grasped the nettle? it was later than other sports to create standards, to impose a testing regimen. going forward, will it at least be clear enough about the players who are playing now, whether they were playing clean? >> i would actually say that baseball is leaps and bounds ahead of the three occurring north american team sports. you can talk about the olympics being ahead in cycling and so forth but nfl, nba and nhl, they look the other way. what comes to mind here in denver
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. ♪ ♪ >> hi guys, welcome to "techknow". i'm phil torres and i'm here with kyle, marita and crystal. now guys, as an entomologist, i love a good challenge in the field. there is a scientific mystery that i went to the peruvian amazon to solve. there is this weird structure. >> what is that? >> we went down there in the fact that this thing had been found in one place twice. one of the best thing about working in the amazon rain forest is the road along the way to uncovering the scientific mysteries. join me on the expedition that's about to get wet, wild and a little bit muddy. the peruvian amazon, a huge population of endemic plant and animal species, meaning they are found nowhere else on the earth. >> why here in tambopata? it is one of the unique places in the amazon that has been almost completely undies turned by deforestation. this makes it one of the most beautiful and pristine places around. about six months ago the researcher here at the tamba pata research center took a picture and posted it on the internet. littl
. ♪ ♪ >> hi guys, welcome to "techknow". i'm phil torres and i'm here with kyle, marita and crystal. now guys, as an entomologist, i love a good challenge in the field. there is a scientific mystery that i went to the peruvian amazon to solve. there is this weird structure. >> what is that? >> we went down there in the fact that this thing had been found in one place twice. one of the best thing about working in the amazon rain forest is the road along the way to...
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coming up this week on techknow. techknow's shini somara goes straight into the storm. winds of 150 miles per hour. but this twister is created in the lab. >> i'm at the national wind institute where they can actually recreate a tornado. >> now science and technology take on mother nature. >> who wins? >> it's completely fine. >> techknow. sunday 7:30 eastern on al jazeera america. fema sending clean water to west virginia in the wake of a toxic chemical spill. hundreds of thousands can't drink or bathe. >> the united states is reportedly considering sanctions on south sudan if the violence is not contained soon. thousands are packing into the camps if the risk of disease escalates. delegates are the ethiopia trying to hammer out a deal to apiece both sides. >> in central african republic, the president steps down. safety. >> an indian diplomat is back in her home country after the u.s. ordered her to leave on visa fraud charms. an american counterpart has been september packing. india's foreign minister says it is not a standoff. >> these are al jazeera america sundays
coming up this week on techknow. techknow's shini somara goes straight into the storm. winds of 150 miles per hour. but this twister is created in the lab. >> i'm at the national wind institute where they can actually recreate a tornado. >> now science and technology take on mother nature. >> who wins? >> it's completely fine. >> techknow. sunday 7:30 eastern on al jazeera america. fema sending clean water to west virginia in the wake of a toxic chemical spill....
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coming up this week on techknow. techknow's shini somara goes straight into the storm. winds of 150 miles per hour. but this twister is created in the lab. >> i'm at the national wind institute where they can actually recreate a tornado. >> now science and technology take on mother nature. >> who wins? >> it's completely fine. >> techknow. sunday 7:30 eastern on al jazeera america. >> personal computers are so 20th century. if you need proof, taisales of desktop and laptop computers fell 10% in 20s 13 according to gartner data, the steepest annual decline ever. they cited the shift to mobile as the main reason. but the fourth quarter, pc sales alone dropped 7%. lenovo was top seller worldwide followed by hewlett-packard. me. he told me if i paid him a thousand bucks he could get me 100 followers on twitter. i ignored it, choosing to acquire my social media friends the old-fashioned way. for many companies, building a good reputation increasingly involves having a lot of followers on twitter and friends on facebook. >> that's given rise to businesses that sell thousands
coming up this week on techknow. techknow's shini somara goes straight into the storm. winds of 150 miles per hour. but this twister is created in the lab. >> i'm at the national wind institute where they can actually recreate a tornado. >> now science and technology take on mother nature. >> who wins? >> it's completely fine. >> techknow. sunday 7:30 eastern on al jazeera america. >> personal computers are so 20th century. if you need proof, taisales of...
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on techknow, our scientists bring you a sneak-peak of the future, and take you behind the scenes at our evolving world. techknow - ideas, invention, life. on al jazeera america again by having the president making this pointing continuously, it causes the people to say you know what, we should examine this issue. most of the jobs we are talking about you can't send those overseas. >> right, they have to be service jobs. in a sense though mr. anderson have you seen people galvanized, people wanting to work now to actually see if they can make the difference on this? maybe it wouldn't have happened before the government shutdown. >> before the government shutdown in the smithsonian, it took the government to see how serious this is, when you don't have a job and your next paycheck isn't guaranteed. now we have the majority and we are in negotiation with the union to actually bring the union in there to get a pay raise and more benefits. >> thank you gentlemen for being with us. there's more to finical news than the ups and downs of the dow. for instance, could striking workers in greece d
on techknow, our scientists bring you a sneak-peak of the future, and take you behind the scenes at our evolving world. techknow - ideas, invention, life. on al jazeera america again by having the president making this pointing continuously, it causes the people to say you know what, we should examine this issue. most of the jobs we are talking about you can't send those overseas. >> right, they have to be service jobs. in a sense though mr. anderson have you seen people galvanized,...
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on techknow, our scientists bring you a sneak-peak of the future, and take you behind the scenes at our evolving world. techknow - ideas, invention, life. on al jazeera america new lights use low wattage led rights, neither harmful for the trees nor dangerous for the kids that may touch them. >> many play-off spots in the n.f.l. are still to be decided. mark morgan is here to explain it all. >> hey, a lot of anxiety in dallas, wondering what the dallas cowboys would do. tony romeo underwent back surgery. kyle ortman will start quarterback in the eagles game. sher een williams of the fort worth star telegram weighs in. >> that lees this game in the hands of kyle orten, he made 69 starts. he's 35 and 34. but has not thrown a pass as a starter and only thrown 15 passes over the last two years. it takes the pressure off the cowboys. no doubt about that. they can go in, play loose and >> welcome back. this edition of inside story is an urban report card for our nation's cities for those who knew, know, and run them. now so many cities have weathered this terrible recession, what is job one n
on techknow, our scientists bring you a sneak-peak of the future, and take you behind the scenes at our evolving world. techknow - ideas, invention, life. on al jazeera america new lights use low wattage led rights, neither harmful for the trees nor dangerous for the kids that may touch them. >> many play-off spots in the n.f.l. are still to be decided. mark morgan is here to explain it all. >> hey, a lot of anxiety in dallas, wondering what the dallas cowboys would do. tony romeo...
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stories. visit our website at aljazeera.com/techknow don't miss techknow, sundays 7:30et / 4:30pt on al jazeera america check check << announcer: this is al jazeera. >> hello, welcome to the newshour from doha with the top stories. >> more pressure from syria. despite women and children leaving homs - delegates say it's not enough. >> tunisia introduces a new constitution three years after its revolution. >> and all the news from europe
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stories, visit our website at aljazeera.com/techknow don't miss techknow sundays 7:30p et / 4:30p pt on al jazeea america long road trip for thee beloved volkswagen bus is finally coming to an end. brazil and volkswagen will stop producing the iconic vehicle. the company says it cannot change production to meet brazil's 2014 safety regulations which mandate air bags and antilock braking systems. 63 years ago there are now more than 10 million volkswagen vans. it may be the end of an era for the bus, there are fanatics that can not let go of the wheel. america tonight takes you to missoula montana. >> this is the bus i pulled out of my neighbor's yard. it is a passenger bus. >> i am a documentary film producer living in pizula montana. i direct add film called "the bus." i had a personal connection with the bus, and so it was for me it was sort of reconciling my own feelings and trying to figure out why do i care so much about this car. and the history of the vehicle is pretty remarkable. >> it was the people's car. the bus was conceptual used by a man -- and he came to the factory in
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techknow - ideas, invention, life. on al jazeera america >> the birth rate in the u.s. has declined dramatically since it's peak in 1991, and reaching an historic low in 2012. a new study from the national bureau of research suggests a new low. the national series and spin off series. in 1991, 62 teenage girls out of 1,000 gave birth. by the time 16 and pregnant first aired in 2009, that rate had fallen to 39 out of every 1,000. since then, the rate has fallen to 29 out of 1,000 in 2012. the researchers think that 16 and pregnant could have contributed to the decline. >> i don't feel so grown up. in my life, i don't come first anymore, and joe realizes that he doesn't either. we're so tressed. neither has slept in days. >> if you don't get up first. >> a crying newborn is the new soundtrack to our lives, and both of our patience is starting to lessen. [ crying ] [ crying ] >> it's definitely taking a toll on us. >> the milk out again. what? no, joe. >> the power of television. can a popular show like 16 and pregnant help reverse a trend like teen pregnancy? we're joined
techknow - ideas, invention, life. on al jazeera america >> the birth rate in the u.s. has declined dramatically since it's peak in 1991, and reaching an historic low in 2012. a new study from the national bureau of research suggests a new low. the national series and spin off series. in 1991, 62 teenage girls out of 1,000 gave birth. by the time 16 and pregnant first aired in 2009, that rate had fallen to 39 out of every 1,000. since then, the rate has fallen to 29 out of 1,000 in 2012....
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coming up this week on techknow. techknow's shini somara goes straight into the storm. winds of 150 miles per hour. but this twister is created in the lab. >> i'm at the national wind institute where they can actually recreate a tornado. >> now science and technology take on mother nature. >> who wins? >> it's completely fine. >> techknow. sunday 7:30 eastern on al jazeera america. >> how about this, french president hollande is threaten to sue a newspaper that saids he was having an affair with an french actress. he has never married and lives with his long-time partner. >>> we suffered through the frigid cold but another form of extreme weather tornadoes hit the center of the country. oklahoma became synonymous with disaster. now azte as techno shows us, its is more coming from labs. >> a tornado was captured in time lapse video that went viral. >> we have large debris in the air. >> i think if you live in tornado alley, it needs to be a priority. you need to have a shelter. >> 300 miles from moore in a lab at texas tech university they make storm shelters a reality.
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nobody in my family has ever been diagnosed with breast cancer... >> techknow on al jazeera america >> start with one issue education... ♪ >>> we're back and we're talking about the evolution of al-qaeda particularly on social media. you were active with the state department's digital outreach to the muslim world. do you think we're winning the battle there? >> i think it's a mixed record. government is much better at counter terrorism, than counter extremism. and any time a go entity reaches directly into the social media stream and tries to influence the conversation, you are going to get a very spectacle audience. look at the way certain companies cultivate audiences that second their messages for them. and i think this is the best roll for government. i think we have just really started that process of empowering and encouraging like-minded people to speak up against extreme thenarratives. >> our community has been chiming in about whether or not we have made advanced against al-qaeda. we didn't even decide on a definition here. and jared says . . . >> and professor i want to go
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nobody in my family has ever been diagnosed with breast cancer... >> techknow on al jazeera america >> welcome back to "inside story." i'm ray suarez. on this edition of our program we're discussing the rise of religious hostilities in the world. a new pew poll shows one in five countries had religion-based terrorist violence in 2012. and brian grimm, looking over the report it seems that the middle east and north africa were comprising a big share. it may not be a big share of the world's population, but it was a big share of the world's problems in that record. >> in the beginning we were talking about how social hostilities have replaced government restrictions on religion as the dominant force impeding free practice of religion. but the middle east in north africa is something different we saw leading up to arab spring the restrictions were tightening even though by our data we saw social hostilities involving religion leveling off. we saw air spring and we've seen violence skyrocketing, syria, iraq, egypt, and other countries. so one of the dynamics that we see as we analyze the
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we talk to a company in >> i'm phil torres, coming up this week on techknow... >> a mystery, deep in the heart of the rain forrest >> we haven't seen something actually build them... >> it's been really frustrating >> it's a spidery clue that has our team of scientests stumped... join our journey to peru... then, it looks like chicken, tastes like chicken, >> that's good.... >> but it's not... the foamy inovation that's making hardcore meat eaters happy. >> techknow on al jazeera america al jazeera america. we open up your world. >> here on america tonight, an opportunity for all of america to be heard. >> our shows explore the issues that shape our lives. >> new questions are raised about the american intervention. >> from unexpected viewpoints to live changing innovations, dollars and cents to powerful storytelling. >> we are at a tipping point in america's history! >> al jazeera america. there's more to it. >> ford ceo alan mulalli pumped new money through ford. now ford is back on track. mullaly introduced the new design of its massively successful f 150 truck. >> the f-series ha
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techknow - ideas, invention, life. on al jazeera america real reporting that brings you the world. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >>> welcome back to "talk to al jazeera." i'm talking to jim abramson. women in journalism, have you broken the glass ceiling? >> i didn't always -- i wasn't always reluctant to see categorically anything like that. i think, you know, it's just a fact that, you know, i'm the first woman to have the job as executive editor, and it's been important to me to promote the careers of other women editors here at "the times" who i think are incredibly talented. right now the masted of "the times" is a list of top editors that run every day on the editorial page of the newspaper, it's ten people, and it's half women right now, which is, you know, a development that, you know, i feel happy about. when i got this job in 2011, it's not like i said by 2013 it's going to be half women. >> but it was a priority? >> it was a priority to make sure that other women rose
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on techknow, our scientists bring you a sneak-peak of the future, and take you behind the scenes at our evolving world. techknow - ideas, invention, life. on al jazeera america >> welcome back to "the stream", we are talking about the health and safety of e-cigarettes, and the growing popularity among middle and high school students. they come in flavours like bubble gum and captain crunch. ecigarette lobbying organizations are trying hard to stop the f.d.a. monitoring the products. some lead you to believe that you are deliberately targetting teens, is that true. >> that's not true. we were the first to do verification online and pushed for the program so that we can educate the retailers, making sure they make a right decision when selling to the adults. at the end of the day the product is not targeted towards teens, you may find that the studies out there, the individuals were smoking conventional cigarettes. we are showing that the product is less harmful and prove that the product is less harmful. at the end of the day we'll try to get those smokers that made the choice to switch
on techknow, our scientists bring you a sneak-peak of the future, and take you behind the scenes at our evolving world. techknow - ideas, invention, life. on al jazeera america >> welcome back to "the stream", we are talking about the health and safety of e-cigarettes, and the growing popularity among middle and high school students. they come in flavours like bubble gum and captain crunch. ecigarette lobbying organizations are trying hard to stop the f.d.a. monitoring the...
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coming up this week on techknow. techknow's shini somara goes straight into the storm. winds of 150 miles per hour. but this twister is created in the lab. >> i'm at the national wind institute where they can actually recreate a tornado. >> now science and technology take on mother nature. >> who wins? >> it's completely fine. >> techknow. sunday 7:30 eastern on al jazeera america. crisis? >> i think it's going to >> every sunday night al jazeera...
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nobody in my family has ever been diagnosed with breast cancer... >> techknow on al jazeera america >> al jazeera's investigative unit has tonight's exclusive report. >> stories that have impact... that make a difference... that open your world... >> this is what we do... >> america tonight weeknights 9et / 6pt only on al jazeera america ♪ >> protestors shouting this fight will continue, no matter what happens in response to planned pension reforms in puerto rico, which have been the most controversial move that the government has made in an effort to get the island back on track. juan, what is the government's game plan at this point to get the government out of debt? >> well, fortuÑo, when he came into power in 2009, one of the first things he did was fire 30,000 public employees, and he lost the election, pedilla came to power promising not to inflict pain on the puerto rico population through aus territory. austerity. but we see that it has come to padilla. the tough fights with the unions, with the teacher's unions for tough reforms to the pensions. and we have seen that in oh
nobody in my family has ever been diagnosed with breast cancer... >> techknow on al jazeera america >> al jazeera's investigative unit has tonight's exclusive report. >> stories that have impact... that make a difference... that open your world... >> this is what we do... >> america tonight weeknights 9et / 6pt only on al jazeera america ♪ >> protestors shouting this fight will continue, no matter what happens in response to planned pension reforms in...